Fencing Announces 2009-10 Schedule That Includes Two Home Meets

Oct 30, 2009

Yale fencing announced its competition
schedule for the 2009-2010 season. The year will see Yale host two
home meets. In all, Yale fencers will compete at 10 different
events this year.

Yale fencers will kick off their season on
Nov. 21 at the Penn State Open. The Open, a two-day event, is an
individual event that serves as a warm up for the regular season
that begins after winter break. The Brandeis Invitational is also
before the Bulldogs break for the winter. It will be held on Dec.
5.

After break, the Bulldogs host their first
home event, a dual meet against Vassar on Jan. 18. The meet will
take place on the seventh-floor fencing salon at Payne Whitney
Gym. Yale then heads
to the NYU invitational in New York City on Jan. 23. The Bulldogs
are back at home the following weekend for two dual meets, against
Sacred Heart University and Drew University. The meets will take
place on Jan. 30, also in the fencing salon at Payne Whitney.

Feb. 12 kicks off four days of Junior Olympic
competition in Memphis, Tenn. Only athletes young enough to qualify
(under 19) will attend this individual competition. The Ivy League
championship is then decided over two weekends, on Feb. 21 and 28.
The Bulldogs will head to Ivy North at Cornell and Ivy South at
Penn in pursuit of an Ivy title. From there, select Yale
fencers will head to NCAA Northeast Regionals on Mar. 14. Fencers
wrap up their season on Mar. 25-26 at the NCAA Championships.